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Note Exchange
No Peace Aid,.
Truman Asserts
Hopes Not Bolstered,
He Says; Marshall
Blasted by Reds
President Truman said today
his hopes for peace had not been
strengthened by the recent ex
change of notes with Russia.
Meanwhile, Soviet propaganda
agencies put Secretary of State
Marshall under fire for his press
conference statement yesterday.
Soviet-controllec! newspapers m
Berlin assailed Gen. Marshall as a
“foe of peace” for his statement nil
ling out bilateral discussions be
tween the United States and Rus
sia, the Associated Press reported.
In Moscow. Soviet-Ameiican re
lations dominated both the press
and the radio, all papers publishing
synopses of Gen. Marshalls news
conference yesterday and President
Truman's statement of the day be
fore concerning the diplomatic ex
change last week between Amer
ican Ambassador Walter Bedell
Smith and Foreign Minister Molo
tov. There was no editorial com
ment in Moscow.
Britain’s press reflected fading
British hopes that new American
Russian diplomatic exchanges might
break the jam in the cold war.
No Change In Situation.
Presideht Truman made his com
ment at a news conference, when
he pointed out that there had been
no change in the situation with
Russia.
When a reporter recalled that
some time ago the President said
his faith in ultimate peace had been
somewhat shaken by developments
and asked if his attitude was still
the same. Mr. Truman responded
Truman Is Opposed
To Laws Forbidding
Red Party in U. S.
By the Associated Press
President Truman expressed
opposition today to outlawing
the Communist Party in this
country.
He gave this view at a news
conference during discussion of
the Mundt bill to require Com
munists to register with the
Government.
Mr. Truman said he thought
that there were ample laws to
deal with persons who advocate
overthrow of the Government.
He added that he thought
legislation outlawing a political
party is contrary to American
principles.
that he was still of the same mind.
He said the note which Gen.
Smith handed to Mr. Molotov had
been discussed with Gen. Marshall
and other members of the cabinet,
but he refused to be drawn into a
detailed discussion of the inter
change.
Asked if he thought that the air
had been cleared in America's rela
tions with Russia, the President said
he thought Gen. Marshall had cov
ered that matter yesterday in a
news conference statement, and
that he had nothing more to say.
Backs Marshall Statement.
The President, said he supports
to the limit Gen. Marshall's state
ment that what is needPd is action,
rather than general talks.
Mr. Truman told another ques
tioner that he had had no direct
communication with Marshal Stalin
and did not expect, any.
He joined in the laugh that fol
lowed another question as to
whether he was still willing to meet
the Russian leader in Washington.
Invariably, when asked about the
prospects about such a conference,
the President, had replied that he
would always be glad to see Stalin
here. He asked his questioner today
how many times he would have to
say yes to that query.
Bevin Also Attacked.
The Soviet papers in Berlin crit
cized British Foreign Secretary7
Bevin for his statements in Com
mons yesterday on proposed Rus
»ian-American talks.
The newspapers represented Gen.
Marshall as rejecting.Soviet desires
to discuss Russian-American differ
ences. They charged lie had re
versed the offer of Gen. Smith In
Moscow to hold talks and called
this a blow to world peace hopes.
The United States Government has
said no such offer was made or in
tended.
The Soviet Army paper Tacglichc
Rundschau concentrated its at
tacks on Mr. Bevin. calling him an
opponent of understanding.'
The Berliner Zeitung scored Gen.
Marshall's suggestion that most ex
isting Russian American differences
should be negotiated through the
United Nations Security Council
and the four-power Allied Control
Council for Germany.
‘.He (Marshall) well knows the Al
lied Control Council has de facto
ceased to exist,'’ the paper declared.
The Zeitung and Neues Deutsch
land charged the Truman adminis
tration initiated the recent diplo
matic exchange with Moscow as an
election-year trick, "designed to de
(See RUSSIA. Page A-2.)
Two Japanese Women
Freed in War Trials
By th* Associated Press
YOKOHAMA, May 13—An 8t.h
Army military commission today
acquitted two of the only three
Japanese women ever tried for war
crimes.
The pair, Wakako Hagihara, 23,
and Tazuko Ishibara. 30, were
charged with participation in the
mob murder of Lt. John V. Scanlan,
jr . of Louisville. Ky. He was killed
alter his P-51 fighter crashed dur
ing the war.
A third Japanese woman is
charged in the vivisection of a B-29
flyer In a separate triaL
Truman Stands Firm on Refusal
To Give Up Report on Condon
House Demand Rejected on Principle,
He Says, Warning of 'Secrets' Bill Veto
By Joseph A. Fox
Declaring that a matter of
principle is involved, President
Truman asserted today that he
would not give Congress the FBI
report on Dr. Edward U. Con
don, although the Bureau of
Standards chief himself has re
quested it be made public.
The President emphasized at a
news conference that Congress has
no power to require members of the
cabinet to turn over confidential
information, and he said he would
veto any legislation requiring such
records.
_ .. • _ i 1 .1 4 ~
VV Heli It naa yumicu wui «
pending bill might be passed over
his veto, the President said he
dian’t. think it would. He said the
I courts have held repeatedly that the
President and his cabinet cannot be
forced to divulge confidential infor
! mation.
| The Condon case developed over
1 the Commerce Department’s refusal
to hand over an FBI report on the
; scientist after an Un-American
Activities Subcommittee accused Dr.
Condon of associating with alleged
Russian spies. The document is now
in the President’s hands.
A bill which the House may ap
prove today is designed to force
executive agencies created by Con
gress to give information to con
gressional committees and punish
those who divulge the information
after it is declared confidential.
I/Ullgiessiuiliu cuuuuiurc wuiacia !
:-and officials in executive agencies!
appear likely to be the only persons
subject to jail terms under the so
called “secrets” bill.
Ready for a vote when the House
adjourned yesterday was an amend- i
ment by Representative Brown, Re
1 publican, of Ohio specifically ex
cluding from the penalty provision
i See INFORMAnON7Page'~A-5.)'
:-j
Schram Sees No Peril
Of Big Depression if
'We Keep Our Heads'
Stabilization Period
Entered, Stock Market
President Believes
By the Associated Press
Emil Schram. president of the
New York Stock Exchange, said
today that “provided we keep
our heads” there is no danger
of runaway inflation or a great
deDression.
“We have emerged from the
period of shortages and unless the
j Congress permits the budget to be
come unbalanced again, I firmly be
lieve we have already entered the
postwar period of stabilization,'' Mr.
Schram said in a statement to the
Senate-House Economic Committee.
The committee Is studying anti
inflation proposals, particularly sug
gestions to restrict bank credit.
Sees Xo Absolut* Stability.
“We cannot hope to attain abso
lute stability—it is not,part of a
dynamic economy.'' Mr. Schram
said. “However, if we do not de
press business psychology unneces
sarily, and adopt voluntary (credit)
restraints such as the American
Bankers' Association has advocated,
I see no reason why a large volume
of goods and services cannot con
tinue to be produced and taken off
the market.”
Mr. Schram said that letting Gov
ernment long-term bonds go below
par, thus sending the interest rate
above the present 2)4 per cent,
might not have “the catastrophic
effects feared by some.”
The Treasury and the Federal
Reserve Board are against letting
these bonds fall below par. The
administration's position is that the
Government already is paying about
$5,000,000,000 interest a year on the
national debt and can’t afford more
But Mr. Scram said:
“To insist on a 2 '/2 per cent rate
and at the same time express deep
concern over alleged inflationary
; tendencies, to say the least, is in
consistent.”
Criticizes Margin Requirement.
Mr. Schram also criticized the
Federal requirement for 75 pier cent
margin (down payment) on stocks,
He said the present margin is
j "clearly discriminatory in the one
i market that is not inflated."
In a move to put the brakes on
bank credit che Federal Reserve
Board has recommended to the
committee that the primary reserve
requirements of all commercial
banks be increased. If that did not
do the job banks should be required
to set up an additional special re
serve, the board contends.
Mr. Schram said, "It is folly to
cxp>ert a return to the prewar price
level." and added that “no Federal
Reserve or Treasury official has ex
(See ECONOMIC, Page A-5.)
Moore-Rizley Gas Bill
Killed by Senate Group
By the Associated Press
The Senate Commerce Committee
voted 8 to 4 today to kill the con
troversial Moore-Rizley bill to
amend the Natural Gas Act.
The measure was passed by the
House last summer. It would ex
clude the Federal Power Commis
sion from jurisdiction over, the pro
duction and gathering of natural
gas in the field.
Opponents contended it would
cost gas consumers tens of Aullions
of dollars annually.
The committee acted behind
closed doors after the Senate spon
sor, Senator Moore, Republican, of
Oklahoma, had argued that passage
of the bill was essential to assure
an adequate supply of fuel for de
fense purposes and other needs.
Foote to Put G. 0. P. Fireballs Across Plate
An asbestos catcher's mitt was
on the Republicans' shopping list
today, as the House GOP nine
stepped up preparations for the
annual duel with the Democrats
in Griffith Stadium May 21.
"We've got to have, one if we
want to use 'Fireball’ Foote,” ex
plained Manager C. W. (Runt)
Bishop. “The way he's burning
that ball in there an ordinary
mitt won’t do. We’ve got to
have something that can take
a good pounding without frying
on the catcher's hand. Foote's
so hot that if the Democrats
are lucky enough to hit one
they’ll think they had a hot
poker in their hands.”
roote, who answers to Repre
sentative Ellsworth B. Foote of
Connecticut in formal circles, is
a 6-foot, 190-pound character,
who allows as how he learned to
pitch throwing pasture rocks
over the stone-studded hills of
his native North Branford. As
1 a sideline he won the hay-pitch
s
1,500 Personnel Limit
Is ECA Goal, Hoffman
I
Tells Fund Hearing i
Senators Question
Need for Full Sum
Asked for Europe
The Economic Co-operation
Administration hopes to limit
its organization to approximate
ly 500 employes at home and
about 1.000 abroad, Congress
was told today. Thus far, ECA
has more than 32.000 job appli
cations.
ECA Administrator PaulJj. Hoff
man gave the figures as he testi
fied at the opening day of hearings
by the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee on a request for $4,245,000,000
to carry out the European Recovery
Program through June 30, 1949.
It was immediately apparent in
committee questioning of Mr. Hoff
man, that the Senators will have to
be convinced the total amount is
needed before they will vote it. The
ERP bill carried an authorization
of $5,300,000,000, but $55,000,000 al
ready has been voted and $1,000.-!
000,000 for loans will be handled by'
the sale of Treasury notes.
Operation Shift Planned.
Mr. Hoffman made these Doints:
1. ECA expects a shift from re
lief to recovery items in shipments
abroad in the quarter beginning
July 1. In the last quarter of 1948,
ECA expects the “emphasis will be
on the recovery items.
2. ECA expects to survey the en
tire economic program of all of the i
16 Marshall Plan nations to which
it will extend aid.
He made the statement when
Senator Saltonstall, Republican, of
Massachusetts referred to a report
that Britain has shipped jet engines
to Russia made from steel imported
from the United States. Mr. Hoff
man earlier had pointed out that
the ERP Act makes clear Congress'
intention that no war goods shall
find their way behind the iron cur
tain, directly or indirectly.
Netherlands Plans Questioned.
Several Senators wanted to know
why ECA contemplates large food
shipments to the Netherlands—
; $165,000,000 worth through June 30,
S1949—in view of reports that the1
Dutch would have to destroy some
food because they could not ship it
abroad.
Mr. Hoffman pointed out that the;
overproduction was only in fresh!
vegetables and that the only way to
solve such problems, in the long
run, is to increase production of
goods in other countries to be sold
; in exchange for surplus food
The ECA chief said the United
States is, "in a sense, investment
bankers for Europe” in its efforts
I to bieak the currency restrictions
which hamstring trade. Mr. Hoff
man said he would not have taken
his job as head of the agency if he
did not believe the pledge of the
Marshall Plan nations to work to
gether to break such restrictions
and to further European production j
by mutual aid:
Requests Will Be Screened.
Requests for aid from European
nations will be thoroughly screened,
first by ECA missions in each na
tion, then by the Marshall Plan or
ganization known as the Organiza
tion for European Economic Co
operation. then by ECA in Washing
ton. Mr. Hoffman said. ,
ECA is operating on three basic
assumptions in determining alloca-i
tion of funds to individual countries, j
They are that the aid should be
based on economic and not merely
financial considerations: that the
proportion of the aid to be financed1
by loans will be determined on a
capacity-to-pay program, and that
loans will be for projects designed
to increase production rather than
supply consumer goods.
ing championship of New Haven
County, but baseball was his first
love and strong suite.
"He milked seven cows every
morning,” added Representative
Bishop, “then walked 6 miles
to school. Too bad we can't get
a couple of nice Holsteins for him
to milk that night, but we could
have him walk around the ball
park a couple of times to give
; the fans an idea of his hiking
i style. This is a versatile squad
. we have—nothing ordinary about
It.”
I Back In 1911 and 1912; Foote
Jews Mobilizing
For 'Zero Hour'
In Palestine
Men, Women Called
For Proclamation of
State Tomorrow
By th« Associated Press
JERUSALEM, May 13.—Jewish
forces today called on all tra’ined
men and women of fighting age
to mobilize for the “zero hour”
in Palestine when a Jewish state
is proclaimed.
The State will be proclaimed early
tomorrow night, effective one
minute after midnight, when the
British mandate ends. The Jewish
provisional government decided in
Tel Aviv to proclaim the State early
in the evening to avoid such action
on the Jewish Sabbath.
The Jewish mobilization call, is
sued in Haifa, ordered all men and
women between the ages of 18 and
35 who have had any previous mili
tary training to report immediately
for duty. Trtese include not only
those who have had training in
Jewish forces, but also those who
had any type of previous military
training.
Observers said this was a pre
caution against possible invasion by
the neighboring Arab countries.
Egypt has imposed a stage of siege
to prepare fen- possible Holy Land
action. Syria and Lebanon are
damping down martial law when
the mandate ends Friday midnight.;
Arabs Plan Administration.
At the same time, the seven
nation Arab League prepared to set
up what it called an Arab civil ad
ministration, as distinguished from
a state, to function in co-operation
with occupying Arab forces.
Hagana, the Jewish army planned
to take over all-Arab Jaffa, which
adjoins Tel Aviv. Jaffa’s Arab
Emergency Committee, set up when
the port city’s municipal govern
ment collapsed last week following
Jewish attacks, surrendered Jaffa at
11 am. in Tel Aviv, accepting all
Jewish terms.
In Cairo, Egypt’s cabinet mem
bers approved a draft of a royal
decree proclaiming martial law for
Egypt, as a means of supporting
passible Egyptian military moves in
support of the Palestine Arabs. The
decree provides for appointment of
Premier Mahmoud Fahmy Nokraahi
Pasha as military governor. The
Interior Ministry said the King
would sign it in a matter of hours.
Declaration Prepared.
A five-man committee in Tel Aviv
prepared a draft of the declaration
proclaiming the Jewish state.
“Few the first time in almost 2,000
years this Sabbath Friday candles
of the Holy Land Jewry will burn
on. the soil of a Jewish state.” a
member of the provisional govern
ment said.
Political maneuvering still is going;
on. A Jewish Agency spokesman
said last night that “we still hope:
for an agreement with Abdullah.”l
King of Trans-Jordan to the east,!
to head off full-scale war between
Palestine Jews and the armies of
neighboring Arab states.
But in those states there were
(See- PALESTINErPageA-5~>
10 Students Injured
In Truck Accident
Ten students at Washington Mis
sionary College today were reported
injured, two of them seriously, when
the side of an open truck collapsed,
spilling them to the road at the col
lege entrance on Carroll avenue.
The most seriously hurt w-ere
identified as Miss Peggy Cowley,!
18, and Miss Zelma Hart, 20. They
were taken to Washington Sani-1
tarium. next to the college.
Fire Chief M. E. McBride of Ta-'
koma Park said the accident oc
curred as the vehicle made a turn
into the grounds from Carroll ave-;
nue.
He said 35 students w'ere riding in j
the l’j-ton stake-body truck, having j
been out for a picnic. They werei
returning early because of bad;
weather.
Senate Approves Extension
Of RFC for Six More Years
By th« Associated Press
The Senate today approved by
voice vote compromise legisla
tion extending the Reconstruction
Finance Corp. six years beyond
June 30.
The House agreed to the compro
mise yesterday and the measure now
goes to President Truman.
The bill also authorizes an addi
tional two years or until June 30,
1956, for liquidation of the agency.
The bill cuts the RFC’s lending
capacity to $1,500,000,000. It now is
$2,000,000,000.
The measure also provides for re
ducing the agency's surplus to $250,-j
000,000. The present surplus is $550,
000.000.
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was a star left fielder on the
school team and beginning to
show signs of future prowess. He
hardened his leg muscles by
jumping stone walls and vaulting
rail fences and developed his
(See BALL GAME, Page A~5"i
Tickets for Ball Game
Oh Sale in Star Lobby
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baseball game at Griffith Sta
dium May 21 can be purchased
in the lobby of The Evening
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The scale of prices is $1 for
general admission, $1.25 for re
served seats and $2 for box
seats, tax included.
Those desiring to make res
ervations by mail should send
checks made out to The Eve
ning Star and address them to
Congressional Ball Game, Room
724, The Evening Star Building.
•
Which Door Were You Leaving Open, Uncle'
UAW Raising 8-Million 'Kitty'
To Finance Chrysler Strike
Walkout in Second Day, May Last 2 Months;
Picket Lines Set Up at 12 Plants
BULLETIN
DETROIT </P>.—Gov. Sigler
said today he may intervene
personally in the Chrysler
strike, but he wanted to give
company and union leaders
time to “cool off before I in
ject myself into it.”
By the Associated Press
DETROIT, May 13.—An $8,
000,000 “kitty” being raised by
the CIO United Auto Workers
for their Chrysler Corp. strikers
today gave the automobile in
dustry reason to fear a long
walkout.
The big corporation's 75,000 pro
duction workers who walked off the
job yesterday morning to enforce
union demands for 17 cents more
per hour were set for a long siege
on the picket lines.
“The strike of the Chrysler work
ers is solid,” declared Emil Mazey,
UAW secretary-treasurer and acting
president, who is directing the walk
out. “They are set for the duration.
The Chrysler workers will win.”
Some observers estimated the
strike might last as long as two
months
Orderly picket lines were set up
it 12 Chrysler plants in Michigan, j:
two in Indiana and one in Cali- j:
fornia a short time after the strike
deadline yesterday morning. : |
The plant at New Castle, Ind.. j
which was the only one operating
yesterday, closed down this morn-'
ing. Local union officials arrived
this morning from Detroit anck gave '
the world to strike. The delegates 1
said they had been delayed by high 1
water in Michigan.
Almost immediately effects of the '
luto industry's first major strike in *
two years began to spread. Briggs 1
Manufacturing Co., which supplies j
(See CHRYSLER, Page A-S!) 1
Southern Senators
Accept Segregation
Fight on Education
Agree to Try to Keep
Regional University
Measure on Floor
BULLETIN
Southern Senators decided
today they will take on a civil
rights fight in the Senate now
if backers of antisegregation
laws want to force the issue.
Fifteen Dixie Senators agreed
at a meeting that they will
try to keep their regional edu
cation compact bill before the
Senate.
Ry th« Associated Press
The Senate's Southern Demo
crats ordered a powwow today
to decide whether to risk a
civil rights showdown now.
Senator Russell, Democrat, of
Georgia called a morning meeting
of the group as the Senate cleared 1
the decks for a,test vote at 4 p.m.
The vote was 'scheduled on a mo- j
tion to return to committee a bill;
which has raised the civil rights j
issue ahead of schedule.
The bill seeks congressional ap
proval of an education compact en-;
tered into by 15 Southern States as
the first step toward creating a
cflviM r#oinnal MTtiVPr.cit.iPS.
Morse Seeks Delay.
Senator Morse, Republican, of
Oregon has moved to send the I
measure back to the Judiciary Com
mittee for further study. He con
tends that under the Constitution
such pacts do not require approval
oi Congress.
Senator Morse has announced
that if his motion is defeated, he
will call up an amendment intended
to prevent segregation of Negroes
from white students in the proposed
regional schools.
He also has threatened to tack
the rest of President Truman's civil
rights program to the compact bill.
It was that' program—calling for
anti-lynch. anti-job discrimination
and anti-poll tax legislation—which
touched off the rebellion of South
ern Democrats.
They have promised a filibuster!
whenever any of these measures is!
brought up.
Southern Senators have picked
1 See CIVIL RIGHTSTPage A-2.)
Showers to Continue
Until Early Tomorrow
Cooling showers will continue here
until early tomorrow, the Weather
Bureau said today, after a warm
spell that sent the mercury to be
tween 85 and 90 degrees during the
last three days. The bureau added
that "there won't be a return to
warm weather for several days.-’
Temperatures were expected to
stay in the middle 70s this after- j
noon and drop to 60 tonight. To
morrow will be cloudy and mild. *
Yesterday's peak temperature was
86 degrees at 4:05 p.m., with a low
of 66 at 5 a.m. The highest for this j
year to date was 90 last Tuesday.
w.
Senator O'Conor Wins;
1946 Election Contest:
After 18-Month Probe!
Rules Committee Report 1
Unanimous in Denying
Markey Challenge
By J. A. O'Leary
Senator O’Conor, Democrat,
of Maryland today won the con
test over his 1946 election by
unanimous vote of the Senate
Rules vCommittee. Eight Re-;
publicans and five Democrats
joined in the vote.
For nearly 18 months the commit- j
tee has been investigating the con
test brought by the Republican can
didate, D. John Markey. Today’s *
decision virtually ends the contest!
as the Senate is expected to ratify !
the committee’s action.
Mr. Markey disputed the outcome j
when the November, 1946. count j
showed former Gov. O'Conor the:
winner by the slender margin of
2,232 votes. The final committea re- i
count still gave Senator O'Conor a
margin of 1.624.
In addition to challenging thi!
figures, the unsuccessful Republi
can candidate also alleged a wide
variety of irregularities in the inter
pretation of the Maryland election
laws.
No Dissenting Vote.
Tlie O’Conor forces filed briefs
containing countercharges.
A subcommittee hired investiga
tors and spent months recounting
and studying the ballots. Repub
licans were in the majority on both
the subcommittee and full commit
tee. but there was not a dissenting
vote from the decision in favor ol j
Senator O'Conor.
When the contest wa.4 filed orig
inally in the fall of 1946. no effort
was made to have Mr. O'Conor
stand aside during the investiga
tion. He was. therefore, sworn in
at that time and has been perform
ing his duties as a Senator.
All Ballots Rechecked.
Senator Jenner. Republican, of,
Indiana was chairman of the
Investigating Subcommittee. He \
summed up the case today as fol-:
lows:
At the start, a recheck of the
automatic voting machines in Balti
more City showed a mistake of 426
in Mr. Markey's favor.
The subcommittee then selected
five counties outside of Baltimore i
for a sample recount to determine
whether a recount of the entire
State was justified. These counties,
Senator Jenner said, were all more
or less favorable to Senator O’Conor
and the net result there and in
Baltimore was a gain of 1,100 for
Mr. Markey.
The subcommittee tnen aeciaeu
to recount the rest of the State j
Senator Jenner pointed out that
brought into the picture counties)
favorable to Mr. Markey. and he
explained that when human errors
throughout the State were bal
anced off, the final increase in Mr.
Markey's vote was not much more
than he had picked up in the cor-!
rection of the machines in Balti- >
more.
The committee adopted a rrsolu- <
tion declaring that Senator O'Concr i
was duly elected and entitled to his >
seat for the full six-year term.
%
Drive for Broadened
District Income Tax
Barred This Session
Subcommittee Considers
Plea for Bond Issues
Instead of Safes Levy
By Don S. Warren
Proposals for broadening the
jase of the District’s personal
ncome tax cannot be adopted
n this Congress it was agreed
,oday by members of the House
Senate Joint Fiscal Subcommit
,ee considering means of meet
ng a heavy city revenue deficit, i
A number of witnesses at hearings j
in a proposed 2 per cent retail sales
ax, regarded by many as the only
>ractical solution at this time, de
lounced the income levy as discrim
natory because it exempts all but
8.000 of a potential 200.000 taxpay
irs on the ground they are not
egally domiciled in the District;
hough living here.
Chairman Cain of the Senate sec
ion of the joint committee agreed
he. present income tax was inequit
ible, but he told the witnesses:
'Congress considered broadening the
ipplication of the income levy last i
'ear and said ‘no’ fn no uncertain |
erms.”
minimum -Dates ui me duusc i_iis- i
rict Fiscal Subcommittee put it in ;
tronger terms: ‘‘The facts are, we
ook a trouncing.”
Smith Sees Future Effort.
Representative Smith, Democrat,
>f Virginia, another member of the
joint group, voiced full agreement
ivith his colleagues that another
:ffort might be made in some future
^ear but that it could not be relied
an in the remaining few weeks of
:hls Congress.
Considerable attention was given
:oday to the suggestion advanced by
Mr. Bates that bond issues of
reasonably limited size be author
.zed for the financing of selected
capital improvements, such as school
construction. He contended it would
oe equitable to spread the cost of
such, improvements over a long term
instead of laying the whole cost on
rurrent tax payers. If this is done,
ie contended, it would free con
siderable current revenues for mu
nicipal operations.
Several witnesses today urged a
ligher Federal payment as being
justified by the huge amount of Dis
;rict land taken out of taxation for
Federal use, and as one means of
essening the need for a sales tax.
Candy Spokesmen Object.
Also, the committee heard spokes
men for candy and chocolate manu
'acturers contend that their pred
icts should not be subject to sales
:ax if other food products are to be
exempted. These arguments were
made by Robert C. Hill and Charles
F. Scully, for the National Confec
tioners' Association, and Gordon
Peyton for the Association of Cocoa
and Chocolate Manufacturers.
The sales tax plan was attacked
and defended by various witnesses.
C. F. Preller. for the Central Labor
Union, AFL, spoke against it as lay
ng a hardship on persons in the
lower income groups.
Opposition also was expressed by
Dr. DeWitt Eldridge. George Wash
ington University professor and a
member of the board of the Wash
ington Committee for Wallace for
President: Benjamin C. Sigal. presi
ient of the Washington Chapter,
Americans for Democratic Action,
and Vincinet Brown, representing
he District branch of the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People.
Dr. Eldridge said alternatives to a
sales tax would include bond issues,
a small increase in the personal in
:ome tax rates, plus broader cover
age of the levy: reassessment of
(See SALESTAXPage A-4.)
Harriman Sees Douglas
On British Needs Now
By th« Associated Press
LONDON, May 13.—W. Averell
Harriman. roving deputy admin
strator of the European Recovery
Program, consulted American Am
sassador Lewis Douglas today on
Britain’s immediate needs.
Mr. Douglas, who helped push the
SRP program through Congress, has
jeen in constant touch with British
economic experts since his return
rom Washington.
Mr. Harriman will see Foreign
secretary Bevin late today and, with
Douglas host, dine and discuss
•conomic problems with Sir Stafford
'ripps. British chancellor of the
ixchequor. He will return to the,
Jnited States by air tomorrow.
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Man Surrenders
In Shooting of
Wife and Baby
H. D. Evins Confesses
Attack on Family
At Arlington Home
Herman D. (Chuck) Evins,
32-year-old Government worker,
surrendered to Arlington police
this morning and confessed
shooting his young wife and in
fant son last night in their Ar
lington home, according to
County Police Chief Harry L.
Woodyard.
The shootings, which resulted in
the wounding of Mrs. Elizabeth
Evins, 23, and Robert Herman Evins,
13 months, occurred at 4100 North
Thirty-seventh street shortly before
10 p.m.
Mrs. Evins today was reported in
fair condition at Arlington Hospital,
suffering from gunshot wounds in
the head and right arm, and the
baby was in Georgetown Hospital
with a bullet wound in his head,
but the hospital said he had a “good"
chance of recovering.
According to police, Mrs. Evins
and the baby were shot by Evins
as they entered the bathroom in
response to a call from Evins. Mrs.
Evins had the baby in her arms,
police said.
Surrendered at Langley.
Chief Woodyard said Evins sur
rendered to Arlington and Fairfax'
police at a Langley service station
about 9 a.m. today.
He still was wearing only the pair
of gray trousers which he had on
last night when he fled.
Chief Woodyard said Evins told
him he wrecked his car on the road
to Great Falls about 3 miles west
of Langley last night. After "mess
ing around” until this morning,
Evins decided to surrender. Chief
Woodyard said. He then went to
the service station and asked an
attendant to telephone police. The
Arlington dispatcher said the at
tendant, who did not give his name,
asked if police wanted Herman
Evins and when told that they did,
said "he will be waiting here.”
Evins, a former Army sergeant
and now an employe of the Army
Map Service here, made a state
ment to the effect, Chief Woodyard
said, that trouble with his wife's
family was the cause of his attack.
Family Disagreement Reported.
Commonwealth's Attorney Den
man T. Rucker quoted Evins aa
saying the shootings occurred after
a disagreement over whether he
and his family and Mr. and Mrs.
Ephriam P. Hansell should move
out of Mrs. Winston's house. Mrs.
Evins and Mrs. Hansell are daugh
ters of Mrs. Winston.
Mr. Rucker said the man told
him that after the sisters objected
to moving he found Mrs. Evins and
Mrs. Winston taking Mrs. Evins’
and the baby's belongings out of
his room. He quoted Evins as
saying he then called his wife to
the bathroom and started shooting.
The commonwealth's attorney said
Evins could not explain why he
shot the infant and declared he
didn't know what became of the
.25-caliber pistol he used. He was
being held on an open charge,
pending changes in the victims' con
ditions.
Evins surrendered to Fairfax
Police Chief Carl McIntosh, Fairfax
Policeman John Wahl, Mr. Wood
yard and Arlington Detectives Louis
Elliott and J. E. Cullins. He was
brought to Arlington in a police
car.
Family Describe* Shooting.
Police quoted members of Evins’
family as saying they had noticed
nothing unusual about Evins' actions
last night before the shooting. They
described dinner as proceeding in a
normal manner and said they had
no indication of what was to hap
pen. police reported.
Police, called at 9:58 p.m.. said
Mrs. Evins’ mother and stepfather
and two sisters and brother-in-law
gave this account of what happened
after dinner:
Evins called to his wife to com#
into the bathroom and as she enter
ed with their son in her arms, he
fired at least three shots at point
blank range, striking Mrs. Evins in
the head and arm and the baby in
the head.
As the shots rang out, the step
father, William H. Winston, ran
from another room on the second
floor, reaching the bathroom just
as Evins started out the bathroom
door. Mr. Winston grabbed at
Evins but managed only to get hold
of his undershirt, which was tom
off. Evins continued downstairs and
outdoors to his car.
Mr. Winston found the baby and
the young mother on the bathroom
floor.
Mr. Winston placed Mrs. Evins
in a bed in a nearby room. Mr. and
Mrs. Hansell bundled up the baby
and started for Georgetown Hos
~TSee SHOOTING, Page A-2.)
Bulletins
Phone Strike Plans Made
Plaits for a Nation-wide
strike of long-distance tele
phone operators were set up
today by the CIO American
Telephone Workers’ Union, but
the date for a walkout was left
open.
(Earlier Story on Page A-29.)
Murray Cites Contract Ban
BOSTON (A\—CIO President
Phillip Murray told the Steel
workers’ Union convention to
day that major companies
have refused to sign new con
tracts unless the union com
plies with the Taft-Hartley
Act provision for non-Commu
nist pledges. He pleaded with
the delegates to give the Ex
ecutive Board the power to
make the determination
whether the officers would
sign.
(Earlier Story on Page A-3.)
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